[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2017]

Wildflowers of Big Summit Prairie Along the North Fork Crooked River

Site is a bald and riparian area at the southwest corner of the junction of FS Roads 42 and 4215

T14S R21E S29 SW1/4 of SW1/4

BLM lands adjacent to the Ochoco National Forest

May 9, 2017

A view west across a scabland meadow dominated by slender-fruited desert parsley (Lomatium leptocarpum) as seen along FS Road 4215 at the junction with FS Road 42 (Ochoco National Forest).........May 09, 2017.

A view west across a scabland meadow dominated by slender-fruited desert parsley (Lomatium leptocarpum) as seen along FS Road 4215 at the junction with FS Road 42 (Ochoco National Forest).........May 09, 2017.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei

Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Fading out of bloom.

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum

American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - In bud.

Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

* Linearleaf Montia: Montia linearis

Hornseed Buttercup: Ceratocephala testiculata

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Secund Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

* Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Common Western Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (ssp. ?)

* Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa var. linguifolia

* Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

* Large-fruit Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

* Longflower Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Red Besseya: Synthyris rubra

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia

Low Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

* Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?)

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

White-headed Wyethia: Wyethia helianthoides


Animals Seen At This Site:

Kill Deer


Paul Slichter